Rating: R
Genre:
Romance
Release Date: 03/01/2005
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 139 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
John Schlesinger directs the war romance
Yanks, based on the story by
Colin Welland. Set in England at the end of WWII, the story concerns three American GIs and their affairs with British women of varying social status. The central romance concerns
Sgt. Matt Dyson (
Richard Gere) and
Jean Moreton (
Lisa Eichhorn making her film debut), who is the daughter of shopkeepers (
Rachel Roberts and
Tony Melody). He falls in love with her but she is still infatuated with her boyfriend
Ken (
Derek Thompson). Higher up on the class scale, the officer
John (
William Devane) has a brief extramarital affair with socialite
Helen (
Vanessa Redgrave). The third pairing involves
Sgt. Danny Ruffelo (
Chick Vennera) in a fling with
Mollie (
Wendy Morgan). Eventually, the Americans and the Britains find themselves surrounded by racism at a New Year's Eve dance.
Annie Ross from the
vocal jazz group
Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross appears briefly as a Red Cross nurse.
Yanks won two BAFTA awards in 1980: to
Shirley Russell for Best Costume Design and to
Rachel Roberts for Best Supporting Actress.
~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
